Time: 7:00 PM EST Venue: Capital One Arena, Washington, D. C., 20004 / WASHINGTON -- The Columbus Blue Jackets will visit the Capitals Friday for the teams' first meeting since their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series last Spring. The Capitals dropped the first two games at home before winning four straight. Games 3, 4 and 6 were played in Columbus and Washington closed out the series with a 6-3 win at Columbus. Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella hasn't gotten over his team's failures on their own ice." I'm (ticked) off for our fans," he said told the team's website. "We had a few opportunities to win a home game in the playoffs and I'm (ticked) off they can't enjoy that, even later in the series." We go up 2-0, Game 3 we played really well, we couldn't find a way to win it. Game 4 (a 4-1 loss) is the one that disturbs me. ... To not to win a home game, that bugs me, because I want our players to feel that." Washington (7-4-3) went on to win the Stanley Cup and has won two straight games for the first time this season while Columbus (8-6-1) is 4-2-1 on the road. The Capitals are coming off a stirring 2-1 win over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night. T. J. Oshie, who twice left the game due to injury, returned to score the game winner with 1:14 remaining in the third period. Oshie's eighth goal of the season came after an accidental high stick in the first period left him with two stitches and an illegal hit by Evgeni Malkin in the third period almost put him out for good." He came back right on time," Nicklas Backstrom said. "That's what elite players do; they come back. They score the game-winner." Alex Ovechkin scored his 12th goal of the season and goaltender Braden Holtby made 41 saves to end a personal three-game losing streak (0-2-1). Thanks to Holtby, the Capitals won on a night they were outplayed by the Penguins and outshot 42-22." That's one thing that we've been battling this year and we kind of knew it was one of the things that was going to be a challenge for us, making sure that drive and motivation is up in the start of the season when the playoffs are so far away because these points mean a ton right now," Holtby said. "We're getting closer. We're recognizing it more and more." The Blue Jackets are coming off a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Anthony Duclair, Markus Nutivaara, Nick Foligno and Ryan Murray scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves. Artemi Panarin leads the Blue Jackets in assists (11) and points (16) while Josh Anderson leads the way with seven goals." (Anderson) could be a very important part of this team if he just keeps on concentrating each and every game," Tortorella told the Columbus Dispatch. "It's something we look for. He sometimes forgets and gets a little inconsistent. We're going to keep on reminding him, because he's playing on the power play now, he's killing penalties and it's rightfully deserved." Bobrovsky is 7-10-4 with a 3.02 goals-against average and .900 save percentage against the Capitals. Holtby is 14-4-2 with a 2.62 GAA and .914 save percentage versus the Blue Jackets. Ovechkin has 16 goals and six assists in 30 games against the Blue Jackets while Backstrom has 24 points in 29 games.

/ WASHINGTON The Columbus Blue Jackets' NHL-worst power play scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves in a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Friday night. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in his return to the lineup and Anthony Duclair had his seventh goal of the season for Columbus, which has three power-play goals during its two-game winning streak. It entered the night 7 of 59 on the power play, an 11.9 percent conversion rate that was last among the league's 31 teams. Bobrovsky bailed his teammates out on a turnover-filled night that saw him face 34 shots. Fellow Vezina Trophy winner Braden Holtby did the same for the Capitals, stopping 34 of the 36 shots he faced. Washington's two-game winning streak came to an end despite a power-play goal from Matt Niskanen and strong play at 5-on-5. The Capitals haven't allowed an even-strength goal in their past three games. The Blue Jackets were back in town for the first time since Game 5 of the first round last spring. They blew a 2-0 series lead and lost in six. Coach John Tortorella said before the game he was ready to move on and tired of talking about last year's playoffs. Bobrovsky was certainly more dialed in Friday than he was when that series slipped away, making several important saves on two late penalty kills to give Columbus the victory. Bjorkstrand rewarded Tortorella for putting him on the top line and the power play in place of right wing Cam Atkinson, who missed the game with an illness. Niskanen scored his goal from the point on Washington's top power-play unit in place of defenseman John Carlson, who's listed as day-to-day with lower-body injury. NOTES: Referee Brad Meier left in the first period after losing an edge and appearing to twist his right knee. Meier needed help getting off the ice, and the NHL said he had a lower-body injury. The game finished with three officials. ... Capitals D Jonas Siegenthaler made his NHL debut, taking Carlson's spot in the lineup. ... Washington placed D Brooks Orpik on long-term injured reserve. He'll miss at least the next five games. ... Linda Laughlin, who is battling serous uterine cancer, dropped a puck along with husband and former Capitals forward Craig Laughlin during a ceremonial faceoff on Hockey Fights Cancer night. UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Return home to face the New York Rangers on Saturday night to complete the back-to-back. Capitals: Host the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday to wrap up a five-game homestand.---Follow Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SWhyno---More NHL: https://apnews.com/tag/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports

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